cucumber recommendations please

[Kittypickle]

I've grown Marketmore the last couple years but also the Burpless Tasty Green or whatever its called as someone gave me seed. The Burpless ones were excellent, I was very impressed.

[Shadylane]

I've grown marketmore and thought they'd done well until I found out 2 to 3 fruits per plant is not a good harvest. But they are tasty and I think I'm just not good at growing cucumbers. This year was a disaster.

[nannyphizz]

We grew telegraph this year, very good results.

[daylily]

Burpless and Crystal lemon for years. End off. As nothing to complain about.

Both outdoors, Burpy is good in gh too.

[Woofster]

I grow Passandra and Cucino in the greenhouse and they produce masses of fruit: Passandra are best harvested at 6-8 ins and Cucino are fat little cukes 4-6ins. My neighbour to whom I give a plant of each also does well outside with them against a south facing fall (sheltered garden). Recommend.

[VirginVegGrower]

I like Beth Alpha, again small but perfectly formed. Mine are greenhouse grown. Three plants keeps a family of four, school lunchboxes and hens supplied. Yum yum!

[BeatTheSeasons]

I like Beth Alpha, again small but perfectly formed. Mine are greenhouse grown. Three plants keeps a family of four, school lunchboxes and hens supplied. Yum yum!

We grew Beth Alpha as well and they took over the whole greenhouse. We had far more than we could eat from 2-3 plants.

[FIREMAN627]

fireman 627

i have grown a telegraph type in my polytunnel for the past 5 years and two plants produce more than enough fruit for me and all my freinds , the variety is styx by suffolk seeds, the fruit is usually 12plus inches long of excelent flavour and resistant to most of the common problems,it is an all female type, just the best and has taken first place at the village show for the last 5 years,http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...es/redface.gif

[Poolcue]

Last year I grew Piccolino in the conservatory,thoroughly recommend them and they are cheap at T@M this year.

[super trowel]

Any idea were I can get some of these dragon egg seeds in the uk ?
Would love to give one a go!

[Oli]

You can find them here: Dragon's Egg Cucumber (Seeds)

Expensive though!

[Potstubsdustbins]

I don't think they are that expensive. 10 seeds for £3 including postage and you should only buy them once.

Colin

[Oli]

I guess so - I think I must have been spoilt with Premier Seeds Direct's prices!

Oli

[freewheeler]

Femspot have worked beautifully for me for the last couple of years.

[daisygrubber]

I have ordered a few marketmore seeds. last year someone gave me a plant for my first year growing I managed to grow one on it but after that the new fruit and then the plant died so I didn't get anymore. The leaves just started turning yellow, dried up and that was it.

I grew them in my lean to conservatory, does anyone know why this could have happened, would it be better to grow them outside.